{{short description|American journalist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person |birth_name = Ivan Levingston |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|11|19}} |birth_place = New York City |image = 2022 - Centre Stage SAM 2792 (52476787270) (cropped).jpg |caption = Levingston in 2022 |death_date = |death_place = |education = Barrack Hebrew Academy<br>Harvard University (BA) |occupation = |spouse = }}
'''Ivan Levingston''' (born November 19, 1994) is an American journalist and a reporter for the ''Financial Times'' based in London, England. He was previously at Bloomberg News. At Bloomberg, he was based in Israel and covered the country's government and technology sector. He later was based in London and covered European technology for Bloomberg.
==Early life== Levingston was born in New York City and grew up in Mount Airy, Philadelphia. He is a graduate of both Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy and Harvard University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pjvoice.org/2013/03/25/israeli-gap-year-diary-independence/|title=Israeli Gap Year Diary: Independence|website=Philadelphia Jewish Voice|access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>
==Career== At Harvard, Levingston served as the Associate Managing Editor of The Harvard Crimson. He later worked as an intern at Roll Call and as a breaking news reporter at CNBC.
In 2017, he was hired by Bloomberg News to serve as a reporter in both Boston and New York. There he covered asset management, hedge funds, and university endowments. He moved to Israel in 2018 to cover stories involving the Israeli government and economy for Bloomberg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/ivan-levingston/|title=Ivan Levingston|date=June 8, 2016 |publisher=CNBC|access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/bloomberg-reporter-levingston-moving-to-israel-to-cover-economics/|title=Bloomberg reporter Levingston moving to Israel to cover economics|website=TalkingBizNews|date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref> In August 2020, Levingston reported for Bloomberg on the Abraham Accords and was aboard the first commercial Israeli aircraft to cross through either Saudi Arabian airspace or to land in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Bloomberg|last=QuickTake|date=August 31, 2020|title=HISTORIC FLIGHT: @IvanLevingston flew from Israel to the United Arab Emirates on an unprecedented commercial flight. Here's what it was like.|url=https://twitter.com/QuickTake/status/1300536653103198215|access-date=October 14, 2020|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>
Levingston shifted to covering European technology in April 2021 and is now based in England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/bloomberg-reporter-levingston-moves-to-london-to-cover-tech/|title=Bloomberg reporter Levingston moves to London to cover tech|website=TalkingBizNews|date=April 6, 2021 |access-date=September 10, 2021}}</ref>
Levingston joined the ''Financial Times'' in 2022.
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